[Michael Goldsberry]

Here's your medal, now drop and give me fifty!

(LOL!)

[76834]

This incident came up earlier on FR.

My thoughts were they will get a vigorous a$$ chewing, then a pat on the back.

[Enterprise]

Much better. I think someone up the chain of command with a cooler head took a look at this and said "shut it down now."

[Jeff Head]

Nichols said Udkow was in no way being punished by being put in charge of a temporary kennel in Pensacola for pets of military personnel who had been evacuated from hurricane-stricken areas.

"It's a collateral duty," Nichols said. "These guys don't just fly. They do other stuff."

What an absolute bunch of Bravo Sierra. A pilot is assigned to watch a dog kennel when there are ongoing operations and we are expected to believe he is not being punished? The BS Meter just pegged against the far wall on that!

[kingu]

Here's your medal, now drop and give me fifty!

Logistics -- it is what moves an army.

[SteveMcKing]

The publicity will help them. And hurt both the Navy and its mission.

[Echo Talon]

Must be nice to be able to go out joy riding in a couple million dollar aircraft without permission and not get reprimanded.

[The KG9 Kid]

In an officer, I think I prefer initiative, bravery, and 'conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty' to someone who just simply follows his orders.

[PeteB570]

I know, I know it all turned out great.

But in the military a commander is supposed to know what his troops are doing and where they are. Operations officers are planning future operations and everything has to flow right. Flight crews need rest, birds need maintenance and all that has to be planned for also.

The big green/blue machine needs all the little cogs and wheels to keep running smoothly.

[Names Ash Housewares]

You do what you gotta do to live with yourself.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Wonder if it was a Verbal Counseling or a Letter of Counseling?

[DallasMike]

Fellow Freepers:

At the suggestion of writer Michelle Malkin last Friday, I have cobbled together a blogsite called Texas Clearinghouse for Katrina Aid to serve as a clearinghouse for refugee efforts in Texas.

Texas is getting more refugees than any other state -- that's fine, we'll take them all -- but we need help providing them with food, clothing, and shelter.

If you are a refugee, you can information that will help you find relief. If you want to donate or volunteer, you can find someone who needs you.

Right now the site mostly covers Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas but I will add various churches, schools, and other charities in Lubbock and Austin tonight. My wife was down at Reunion Arena in Dallas yesterday handing out care packages and spiritually ministering to the refugees as a representative of her employer. She says that the situation is tragic and that there's a lot of work to be done. There are so many children who don't know where their parents are or even if their parents are still alive.

There are a lot of churches and other organizations in Texas that need help in dealing with the problem and I would appreciate it if you would get the word out.

Many thanks,

Michael McCullough

Stingray blogsite

[cynicom]

Same as the other thread on this affair, we have several people that appear to have been paper shuffling lifers in the military.

[Oztrich Boy]

"They were not reprimanded," Nichols said. "They were counseled."

"counseled" so that's what the new sensitive military calls it.